Intro: Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl G Gmaj7 Em D C G C D -x2- Verse: G Back back way back Gmaj7 Em D I used to front like Angkor Wat, Mechanicsburg, Anchorage and Dar es Salaam C G While home from New York was champagne and disco C D Tapes from l.a. slash San Francisco G Gmaj7 But actually Oakland and not Alameda Em D Your girl was in Berkeley with her communist reader C G Mine was entombed within boombox and Walkman C D I was a hoarder but girl, that was back then Interlude: G Gmaj7 Em D Chorus: G Gmaj7 Em The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out D What you on about? C G C D I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones G Gmaj7 Em I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house D Such a modest mouse C G C D I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone G Gmaj7 Em D Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl Interlude: C G C D Verse: G Gmaj7 Ancestors told me that their girl was better Em D She's richer than Croesus, she's tougher than leather C G I just ignored all the tales of a past life C D Stale conversation deserves but a bread knife G Gmaj7 And punks who would laugh when they saw us together Em D Well they didn't know how to dress for the weather C G I can still see them there huddled on Astor C D Snow falling slow to the sound of the Master Chorus: G Gmaj7 Em The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out D What you on about? C G C D I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones G Gmaj7 Em I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house D Such a modest mouse C G C D I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone Interlude: G Gmaj7 Em D C G C D Verse: G Gmaj7 Wisdom's a gift but you'd trade it for youth Em D Age is an honour - it's still not the truth C G We saw the stars when they hid from the world C D You cursed the sun when it stepped to your girl G Gmaj7 Maybe she's gone and I can't resurrect her Em D The truth is she doesn't need me to protect her C G We don't know the true death - the true way of all flesh C D Everyone's dying but girl - you're not old yet Chorus: G Gmaj7 Em The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out D What you on about? C G C D I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones G Gmaj7 Em I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house D Such a modest mouse C G C D I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone G Gmaj7 Em The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out D What you on about? C G C D I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones G Gmaj7 Em I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house D Such a modest mouse C G C D I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone G Gmaj7 Em D Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl Outro: C G C D G
